Watering-trough.



J. F. BOWER.

WATERING THOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.31,1914.

1,1 12,971 Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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Troughs, of which the following is a speciw fication.

This invention relates to watering troughs and has for its ob ect to produce a watering troughof angular shape which may be readily approached byteams coming from any direction and which will permlt of being simultaneously used by several animals abreast or comlng from opposlte directlons.

A further obj ectof the invention is to produce an angular watering trough which if subjected tothe impact of the tongue of a heavy truck or vehicle will deflect such tongue laterally so that no injury will occur. A further object of the invention is to produce a simple, efficient, inexpensiveand thoroughly useful watering troughwhlch, withy at out "occupying much room, willbe capable of simultaneously accommodating a number of animals.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the in: vention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a simple and preferred construction of the improved watering trough. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan View illustrating a modification in the form of the trough.

- Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

In'the form of the invention shown in Fig.

1, the trough is of angular shape,comprising .two wings 15 which are disposed substantially at right angles to eachother, although IJwill have it understood that the angle belj maain mtbm se iannual?! iette rsiatentfl j 5 UMTED-STATESPATENTOFFICE i j Jorm nfnowun, onwILLLaMsron'r, rnn vsynvanfai Applicationfiled January 31,1914. SeriaLNo. 815,780. H

tween thewings may be considerablyvaried y say, between and"l 120degrees, more or less. Thetroughmayfbeconstructed of any material such as wood, stone, eartificial or natural, metal or of any combination of ma 1 lf al red=u-Tl w ngs. of the: trough.

are suitably concaved or hollowed, as seen at 16, and the outer faces 17 of the wings are preferably curved downwardly and 1 in:

wardly, as best seen in Fig. 3. Supports 18 may be used to elevate the trough to a proper-height. The wings of the troughs; 1 may be slanted in any direction and pro-.

vided at their lower ends with Waste plugs 19 to facilitate emptying and cleansing when. desired; the troughmay be supplied in any from any suitable:

convenient manner or.

source, not shown. The outer angle ofthe P trough ispreferably thickened or reinforced,

as seen at 19, inorder that it may resistany blows to which it maybe subjected by the tongues of vehicles or the like.

Under the modified construction shown in Fig. 4:,theangles of the trough have been rounded, as seenat 20, so that the trough will present an arcuate instead of anangular appearance, but the principle remains the same. a i i f Drinking troughs or watering troughs for horses are usually placed in. the street lengthwise alon the gutter or the sidewalk, or at the side 0 a road, as the case may be,

and drivers in order to water their teams are compelled to make a half turn to squarely approach the trough, resulting frequently in blocking the road by having the wagon or so a vehicle extend transversely across the same;

With the improved watering trough this be i comes unnecessary, since teams approaching from opposite directions may drlve up to the wings of the trough, permitting several teams to be watered simultaneously and without interference, the wagons or vehicles bein positioned lengthwise of the road and capable of leaving the trough without interference. Inapproaching thetroughfif the a tongue of a truck or vehicle should strike either one of the win s, it will be deflected f laterally owing to the relatively slanting also be deflected downwardly owing to the arcuate form of the front of each wing.

hit it will be found capable of resistingthe impact owing to the reinforced portion shownat; 19. e

i. y position of the wings of the trough; it will i from an intermediate point, said intermediate point adapted to project in the direction of the middle of the road and the outer facesof the independent sections being presented 10' obliquely in the paths of teams approaching from opposite directions.

2. A road-side watering'trough comprisinga trough-shaped body'open from end to end and including angularly-related portions adapted to lie obliquely 1n the paths of 15 teams approaching fro'm opposite directions so that theton'guesof vehicles'striking the angular faces of the trough'will be deflected outwardly without injury,

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. BOWER.

Witnesses i a WM. H. Mcomm, J noon-W. SI-IOQK.

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